Grand National Trainers

Use Grand National trainers stats and trends to help you to identify the winner of this year's Grand National.

Many people like to place their grand national bets on a favourite trainer or a popular, well known trainer.

Using our trends showing the performance of each trainer's past grand national runners, you can see the best grand national trainers to follow and those to avoid.
The following table highlights some of the most prominent Grand National trainers and their record for the past 20 years:

Trainer

Runners

Wins

Placed**

Completed

Win LSP

Each Way LSP

Paul Nicholls

70

1

6

23/70

-36.00

-30.00

Nigel Twiston-Davies

41

2

3

13/41

-12.00

-4.63

Willie Mullins

33

1

2

14/33

-25.00

-24.00

Jonjo ONeill

31

1

7

13/31

-20.00

2.00

David Pipe

31

1

1

17/31

-23.00

-23.38

Venetia Williams

22

1

0

6/22

79.00

41.50

Kim Bailey

14

0

3

6/14

-14.00

-4.88

Gordon Elliott

13

1

1

8/13

21.00

11.13

Sue Smith

11

1

0

4/11

56.00

31.25

Mouse Morris

9

1

0

4/9

25.00

12.63

Evan Williams

9

0

5

6/9

-9.00

4.25

Tom George

8

0

2

3/8

-8.00

-0.75

Tony Martin

7

0

0

2/7

-7.00

-7.00

Noel Meade

6

0

0

2/6

-6.00

-6.00

Charlie Longsdon

4

0

0

1/4

-4.00

-4.00

Henry De Bromhead

3

0

0

1/3

-3.00

-3.00

Jim Culloty

3

0

0

2/3

-3.00

-3.00

Fergal OBrien

3

0

2

2/3

-3.00

4.63

Colin Tizzard

2

0

0

1/2

-2.00

-2.00

Ian Williams

2

0

1

1/2

-2.00

4.75

Gavin Patrick Cromwell

1

0

0

0/1

-1.00

-1.00

Antony Honeyball

1

0

0

1/1

-1.00

-1.00

Jennie Candlish

0

0

0

0/0

0.00

0.00

Stuart Coltherd

0

0

0

0/0

0.00

0.00

Patrick Griffin

0

0

0

0/0

0.00

0.00

Richard Hobson

0

0

0

0/0

0.00

0.00

Daniel Skelton

0

0

0

0/0

0.00

0.00

**Placed refers to rides that finished between 2nd and 5th as most bookmakers will pay on at least five places for the Grand National

The following table highlights some of the most prominent Grand National trainers and their record for the past 20 years for runners over the national fences so includes the Becher, Fox Hunters, Sefton, Topham and Grand National:

Trainer

Runners

Wins

Placed

Completed

Win LSP

Each Way LSP

Paul Nicholls

170

8

22

90/170

-57.50

-49.84

Nigel Twiston-Davies

106

9

9

51/106

-26.25

-21.97

Jonjo ONeill

67

5

10

29/67

-5.50

7.11

David Pipe

66

3

3

38/66

-23.00

-31.13

Willie Mullins

57

2

9

29/57

-38.00

-24.43

Venetia Williams

54

2

6

24/54

56.00

31.38

Sue Smith

41

2

5

23/41

41.00

19.35

Tom George

34

0

5

16/34

-34.00

-18.88

Kim Bailey

28

0

8

12/28

-28.00

-11.94

Gordon Elliott

25

1

2

16/25

9.00

1.00

Evan Williams

17

0

7

10/17

-17.00

8.25

Tony Martin

15

0

2

7/15

-15.00

-12.56

Mouse Morris

14

1

1

7/14

20.00

10.63

Colin Tizzard

13

1

2

8/13

38.00

25.98

Noel Meade

12

0

1

6/12

-12.00

-10.38

Ian Williams

12

1

4

7/12

-6.50

3.30

Charlie Longsdon

9

0

0

2/9

-9.00

-9.00

Fergal OBrien

9

0

2

4/9

-9.00

-1.38

Henry De Bromhead

6

0

1

3/6

-6.00

-3.75

Patrick Griffin

5

0

1

4/5

-5.00

3.75

Jim Culloty

4

0

0

2/4

-4.00

-4.00

Stuart Coltherd

4

1

1

4/4

97.00

60.00

Jennie Candlish

2

0

0

1/2

-2.00

-2.00

Gavin Patrick Cromwell

1

0

0

0/1

-1.00

-1.00

Antony Honeyball

1

0

0

1/1

-1.00

-1.00

Richard Hobson

1

0

0

0/1

-1.00

-1.00

Daniel Skelton

1

0

0

0/1

-1.00

-1.00

Trainers With Winning Grand National Records

The Grand National has proved to be a race where certain trainers have had continued success.
These trainers know what is required to win the Grand National. This could be their year all over again! We will pay special attention to their runners.

Nigel Twiston Davies Runners

Nigel Twiston Davies has won the Grand National twice with Earth Summit and Bindaree and he's also won more races over the Grand National fences over the oast twenty years than any other trainer.
Twiston Davies' runners always warrant the closest inspection but this year he has one of the favourites in Blaklion who finished fourth last year and has been in excellent form this season as well.

Paul Nicholls Runners

The current champion trainer has had rather a mixed bag from his runners in the National and finally registered his first win with Neptune Collonges in 2012.

David Pipe Runners

Martin Pipe's son David is now very much forging his own reputation and he has had multiple entries in the Grand National since taking over from his father. Comply or Die won the race for him in 2008 and also finished runner-up the following year. Surprisingly no other David Pipe horse has managed to place since in the Grand National.

Willie Mullins Runners

Willie Mullins won the Grand National in 2005 with Hedgehunter who, but for falling at the last in 2004, could have also been placed on two further occasions.
Mullins also guided the consistent Snowy Morning to third place in 2008 but it could be argued that this is a disappointing return for such a strong stable.

Gordon Elliott Runners

Gordon Elliott won the Grand National with his first runner, Silver Birch, in 2007 and this year he saddles three runners, all of whom look to have decent chances.
Elliott has farmed the majority of the big handicap chases in Ireland this season and he would dearly love to get his hands on the Grand National trophy once again

So the grand national tip based on trainer form is to beware of backing a horse just because it is from a popular yard but do play close attention to the runners of Nigel Twiston-Davies who regularly reward each-way support.